Midknight Review -- new and revised: Burn the Koran ?! A reading of the Koran compared to a reading of the New Testatment scriptures is the best protest. A fifth grader could have . . .

"We call on America to stop desecrating our Holy Koran," student Wahidullah Nori told Reuters. He said the street protests condemning the church would continue "every day" . . . . . link

These are the words of a few hundred Muslim students protesting an American church's decision to burn the Koran on September 11. Understand that these Muslim students are shouting "death to America" in protest to this announced event, but they were shouting "death to America" long before today -- in fact, that have been taught this in virtually every Muslim school outside the United States for a decade or more.

We -- Midknight Review and friends - would not have made the decision to burn the Koran. In fact, this editor is busy reading the book. Two major themes are repeated over and over again: instructions on dealing with wives and sex slave women; different levels of punishment meted out to unbelievers, Christians and Jews. I find the Koran's view of women, whether wives or sex slaves, to be completely at odds with the biblical message. It appears that the "allah god" is a chauvinist of the first degree. With regard to those who are not Muslim -- there is little to nothing that is "big tent" or conciliatory in the Koran. I have found the content lacking in depth of meaning and disjointed in its rhetorical progression -- it is something a fifth grader might write. Understand that as a Christian, I view the Old Testament as history and the New Testament as a guide to understanding the impact of the risen Christ of God.

But, back to the book burning idea. That is something we would not recommend. Making life more difficult on our soldiers (and the court is out on this populace idea - can the Taliban hate us more ?) is not something that we would risk. Having said that, the burning of our flags and holy books, and the continuing plan to murder innocent Americans in their homeland make the Florida church's decision most understandable.

Understand what we are saying: we see the reasons for the protest and agree with the intentions of the church in question. But we think there are other protests that are more effective. We would not burn the Koran nor would we attend the burning.

A more effective demonstration against the Koran is suggested in this post -- a careful reading of the book with a view of exposing its hateful content and the single mindedness of its message. The book has nothing to do with grace, or inclusion, or the support of one culture over another as is the case with the Bible. That is what needs discussion. Koran, book burning, Florida church, Muslim hate, flag burning, bible burning,

jds

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

1 comment:

AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 8:30 PM
I'm glad you came down on this side of the issue, John. This is similar to the Ground Zero mosque issue. Do they have a right to do it? Yes. Is it wise to do it? No. Is it provocative? Yes. And what can it possibly accomplish? Absolutely nothing positive.